Vending-machine.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

P. E. BERGER.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIGATIOH FILED my 26, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

ratented June 12, 1906.

Application filed June 26, 1905. Serial No. 266,919.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I PAUL E. BERGER, a citizen of the United tates, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi- 5 1101s, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a s ecification. V

My invention re ates to that class of vending-machines adapted to contain packages or material to be vended.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a simple, economical, and efficient vending-machine.

Other and further objects of the invention. 1 will appear from an examination of the drawin and thefoilowingdescri tionand claims.

he invention consists int efeatures, cornbinations, and details of construction herein? after described and claimed. p j In the accompanyin drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view in e ovation o a vendingmachine constructed in accerdancewith my improvements; Fi 2, a sectional plan'view taken on line 2 of ig. 1; Fig. 3, e fragmen; 2 5 tary sectional view in elevation of the a per art of the device, taken on line 3 of 1g. 1" ooking in the-direction ofthe arrow; Fig. 4,

a sectional view in elevation of the lower are r of the machine, taken on line 4 of Fig. 2

0 looking in the direction of the arrow, showing the discharginflg mechanism inmifielfpeeition Fig. 5, a deta' sectional eievatione an inner portion of themachinfe, showing the lower end'of the inner chamber for containing the 5 packages ormaterial t'o' bevended. I

In constructing a vending-machine in ac-'- cordance with. my improvements 1 provide an-.'outer c'asing' a, which may be of glass or other material which is here shown in o cylindrical: form. "This outer casing is mounted upon a base portion 5, made preferably, of metal, and an inner chamber 0, adapted to contain ackeges or material to go vended, is form by inner upright walls ,which are secured by means 0 screws e or in any ordinary and well-known-manner to the-base portion. The bottom of the walls which for'mthis inner chamber are mounted a suficcient distance above the bottom f of the base portion to provides sufioient'space for containing the mechanism for discharging the package or material, as hereinafter describe and an opening 9 is provided at or near the bottom of the inner chamber, as

shown in Fig. 4, communicating with the 5 chute h, formed between inclined outwardly and downwardl extendin walls 1'. and 7, through which 1; e materia to be vended is discharged. The walls '11 and 1', which form the topxand bottom of the chute, are arranged at sue an incline and sufiiciently close together ,to prevent the easy removal of the materiai to be vended, except by means of the discharging mechanism, after the coin has been deposit in the rece tacle.

An intermediate vertica cylindricai mag}:

her 1 may be mounted between the inn walls which form the toes taole or chamber for containing the materia to be vended and the outer casing, such cylindrical member having a bottom fiangezl, extending outward to the lower portion of the outer casing and form' a chamber between such outer casing on such cylindrical member. A cap m, preferably of metal, having an annular flange 'n, ismounted at the upper end of the outer casing, closing the opening o, and a coin-re .ce iving slot member extends into the easing, preferably throng the o ning o and the cap and preierabl outside 0 the walls which form the inner c amber for containing the material to be vended and downward .to the bottom of such. chamber. The bottom portion of this coin-receivi slot is provided with a spring 9, the back we of the slot member 8 being but away, so as to form flanges r, the inner edges. of which are so disposed as to retain a com oi the proper size in the slot 8 untii it reaches the bottom of such slot and permit a. coin of sr'nall siae to be thrown out of the slot by the'spring' q before it reaches the end of the slotted member or the discharging mechanism. Thecap m is secured to the upa per portion of the slot member p by means of a thumb-screw t mounted in a perforated 1 portion a ofthe'cap and having its inner e ii d m e ement wit the sletgnember, the lower on o the slot member be secured to thebase ortion .of the machine many ordinary an well known manner. By means the slot member holds the outercasmg and lower base portions to other, and the .may be locked in position y means of loo mechanism of any desired known type.

The device hero shown and descrl ed is designed principally to be used in doors-a.s, for

instance, upon a counter or cigar case or the like-for the purpose of vending paokagesof it to initial position after it has been moved to vend 'tion of the disc matches, gum, or any desired material, and would ordinarily be used where an attendant I is present. A look therefore would be un' necessary, and hence is not shown or described herein.

A diaphragm 1) forms the top of.the base ortion, or, in other words, forms a partition etween the lower or base portion of the device and the upper casing and chambers.

In order to provide a simple, economical, and ellicient means for discharging packages or material to be vended, a discharging arm or lever w, having a pocket 3 for receiving a coin z and holding it in operative osition, is mounted u on a rock-shaft 2 insi e the base portion of t e machine by means of a bracket or brackets 3, l'll which such rock-shaft is journaled. One end of the rock-shaft extends out through the wall of the base ortion and is rovided with a crank or han le portion 4, means of which the rock-shaft and discharging arm or lever may be operated. A spring 5 is connected at one end with the operating-lever and at the other end with the base or bracket, so as to hold the operating lever yieldingl in initial position and return dischar g position by means of the handle or cran A pawl 6 is pivotally mounted, by means of a pivot 7, upon the discharging lever or arm, one end of such pawl being adapted to engage the rack teeth'S upon the bracket 3,t e op osite end of such pawl being provided wit a spring 9, so that when the operating-lever is moved downward to its dischar g. position a sufiicient distance to cause tfi d pawl to engage the rack-teeth the pawl will prevent the return of the lever until the lever is moved a suflicientdistance in. the necessary direction to discharge a pack-' age ord given portion of the material to be e A springlO is provided at the lower endof the coin-receiving slot having a rejecting shoulder 1 1, extending across the l ower portion or end of the coin-receiving slot when the spring is in one position and leavin the slot free for the passage of a coin when t e spring and its projecting shoulder is in a second 0- sition. A depending portion 12 of spring-extends downward and into the path 0 movement of the discharging arm or lever. When the lever is moved to initial position or position to receive a coin, the shoulder portion of this spring is pressed outward, so as to permit the assage of the coin from the coin-receivin s otinto the pocket porrging arm or lever, and when such discharging arm or lever is moved in the direction necessary to discharge a packs, e or portion of the material to be vende -it re eases the sgring 12, so that its shoulder portion exten 3 across .the lower portion of the coin-receiving slot. It is then in position to retain a coin dropped into the turns to initial position. The coin is then dropped into the pocket of the dischargingarm and is in position to permit the discharge of a package or )ortion of material to be vended. The disc iarging-arm is so mounted that it rotates upon the rock-shaft in a vertical lane beneath. the chamber for containing t c packages or material to be vended and moves in the direction of the dischargechute throughout its entire stroke without comin in contact with "the material or pack age to e vended. When thecoin is dropped into the pocket portion at the upper or swinging end of the discharging-arm, it is held removably in such pocket portion, so as to extend above the up er ed e thereof and into engagement with t e pac age or receptacle containing the material to be vended.

In order to enable the coin to dischar e the packa e or material, the bottom 13 of t e receptac e which contains the material to be operated upon is slotted or in the form of two horizontal flange portions having a s ace or slot 14 of sufiicient width to permit t e passage of the coin while in engalgpment with the package to be dischar ed. e front wall 15 is of less depth than t 0 back wall 16 of the pocket and may have its inner surface at an.

upward and outward incline, so as to readily drop the coin when the discharging-armis in discharging position and the package has. been discharged and allowed to pass out of contact with the coin By this arrangement it will be seen that whena coin 1s charging mechanism bein of the discharging=arm and pressed against the package or receptacle containing the material to be vende being held against the package until discharged and thenpermitted in initial -posi tion, the coin is received in t e pocket portion 7 dropped into the coin-receiving slot, the disto fall into-the coin-rece tacle formed by the I base portionof the mac c. It will'als'o be seen that while the pawl 6 is adapted to engage the rack-teethand prevent the return of the discharging-arm to initial position when such arm has been inadvertently operation sto ed du the discharging anfliefore 531% leting the operation, nevertheless the disc -arm is permitted to return to initial position after the discharging operation is completed and the pawl move out of. engagement with the 'rack -teeth.

. I claim 1. A vending-machine comprising a baseplate, a package-holding receptacle secured thereto at its lower end and open at its up 'erl I the base-plate a o open at its upper on aslotted cap for cov end, an exterior c on erin the casing a com-chute secured to'the ac a -holding rece tacle and passing. throng: the slotted oag, and means for, so,- cur' the cap to the coin-chute.

2. vending-machine comprising al sepiate,"a paekage-hoiding receptacle secured threaded In on the cap edjaeent to the slat,

thereto at its lower end andh opgn at its up ger and a. thum ia-screw therein. end, an exterior casing out e ase=piete a so epen at, its upper end, a slotted cap for clos- PAUL BERGER ing the open end of the casindg, a win-chute Witnesses: secured to the package-1101 111g receptacle HARRY I. CRQMER, am passing through the slotted cap, a screw- JENNIE A. MACEDWARD. 

